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Fungi
A collection of fungus vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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fungi | a eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotrph that feeds by absorbing its food |
hyphae | the branching, treadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi |
fruiting body | the reproductive structure of a fungus that contains hyphae and produces spores |
budding | a form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body of the parent |
lichen | the combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mutualistic relationship |